By the way I think I'd get the Neutron over the Moog clone. It sounds just as wonderful...

$299 can buy a lot these days! I've been eyeing the Zoom G5n, which sounds absolutely fabulous and has basically everything you need for guitar, and it also costs 299 dollars. I'm not a digital modeling kind of guy but that one has me basically convinced...

The Minibrute 2 looks/sounds really good too, not just for the semi-modular aspect. But it costs quite a bit more. Still, 10 years ago it would be unheard of to have a synth with all that stuff for what it costs!